This is where i stand with jack reed.
Great player for our style this year being a more defensive centre, I like his extra efforts on things like kick chase and i actually find he is pretty damn good at marking up on his opposing centre in D, With not to much unneccessary shooting out of the line which suited our stay back and slide tactics this year.
The problem is his tackling style of letting an opposing centre get outside of him cutting them down from side on gets found out against bigger centres, He tends to slip off the tackle against the hurrells and fergusons.
In attack he is alright in set plays and can put his winger away pretty well these days, But is never going to be a strike centre that will change a game like copley may end up being.
All in all i think reed is tough as nails and has all but earned first crack at centre given the year he has had, But can't shake the feeling that he will be left behind at some point in the next couple of years as the backs just keep getting bigger faster and stronger, As a defensive centre myself i can appreciate how difficult it is to standout in this time with giant islanders running at you almost every game, the athletes are genetic freaks nowadays and almost dead is the average normal body size hard working centre.
